Visegrad Scholarship Program for V4 Citizens

Deadline: 31 January 2013
Open to: schol­ars or Master’s degree hold­ers from V4
Duration: for Master – 1 to 4 semesters, for Post-Master – 1 to 2 semesters
Scholarship: €2,300/semester, travel grant if the traveling distance is more than 1500 km

The Out-Going Scholarships scheme is suit­able for cur­rent schol­ars or Master’s degree hold­ers from V4 coun­tries to study at accred­ited pub­lic or pri­vate uni­ver­si­ties or insti­tutes of the respec­tive national acad­e­mies of sci­ences in the fol­low­ing coun­tries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine (please note that the same rules are applic­a­ble to Kosovar uni­ver­si­ties).

Eligibility

The appli­cant must either have com­pleted a Bachelor’s pro­gram or—in spe­cific cases (if the study pro­gram is not divided into dis­tinct Bachelor’s and Master’s study programs)—completed at least 3 years before start­ing the schol­ar­ship. The applicant’s home and host uni­ver­sity must be dif­fer­ent, i.e. the pre­vi­ous level of uni­ver­sity stud­ies (last obtained aca­d­e­mic diploma before start­ing the schol­ar­ship) must be com­pleted in a coun­try other than where the appli­cant applies for studies.

Required documents

All com­pul­sory annexes must be pre­pared in English deliv­ered to the Fund along with the appli­ca­tion form; uncer­ti­fied copies of the orig­i­nal doc­u­ments (faxed or scanned doc­u­ments, print-outs) or doc­u­ments sent sep­a­rately can­not be accepted.

1. Copy of the cer­ti­fied trans­la­tion of a diploma (Master’s or the high­est obtained)
2. Acceptance let­ter from the host university/institution:

• name of the applicant
• work­ing title of the project/study program
• lan­guage of instruction/communication
• type of study/research (full-time)
• planned dates of the project/study
• sig­na­ture and a stamp of the statu­tory rep­re­sen­ta­tive (or of the statu­tory rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the inter­na­tional stud­ies depart­ment of the host institution)

3. Working plan of the study/research period

4. Recommendation let­ter (only for Post-Master’s level)

Applying for the Visegrad Scholarship Program is pos­si­ble only through the on-line appli­ca­tion sys­tem.

For more information visit the Official Visegrad fund website